National Environmental Protection Agency

office@anpm.ro

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Reporting is realised according to art. 3 - 5 from Decision 2005/270, as modified.

Reporting obligations for companies regarding packaging placed on the market as well as packaging waste management are established by national legislation - Law no. 249/2015  on packaging and packaging waste management, with its subsequent changes, and Ministerial Order 794/2012 on the reporting procedure for packaging and packaging waste.

Table : Institutions involved in the collection of data and distribution of tasks

Please see sub-concept 3.2.1

The R codes from annex  II of Directive 2008/98/CE are solely used.

All packaging placed on the market and all packaging waste generated in a country are covered, whether it is used or released at industrial, commercial, office, shop, service, household or any other level, regardless of the packaging material used.

• The quantity of repaired wood packaging is not taken into account.
• The quantity of metallic packaging waste resulted after incineration is not taken into account.

Relevant information are not available.

No other recovery of waste.

In Romania there are no R1 incinerators.

According to the reporting obligations, companies report information only for packaging waste generated in the reference year. Quantities stored at the end of the previous year and recycled in the reference year are not taken into account.                                          

Reporting units are: 

• producers and importers of packaging intended to be filled at the point of sale, producers/importers of packed products, as well as those that overpack packed products, that act individually for their objectives achievement;  
• companies that are authorised for taking over the responsibilities of annual recycling and recovery targets for packaging waste (PROs);
• local public administration report waste packaging quantities that are separate collected / sorted from municipal waste by the sanitation companies;
• permitted waste collectors; 
• companies permitted for packaging waste recycling.

All packaging waste generated within the country and treated per year.

Romania.

Reference year: 2022.

Not applicable.

Tonnes.

Calendar year

European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste. 

Commission Decision 2005/270/EC of 22 March 2005 establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste.

Law no. 249/2015  on packaging and packaging waste management, with its subsequent changes.

Ministerial Order 794/2012 on the reporting procedure for packaging and packaging waste.

There are a few collaboration protocols with various institutions concerning different aggregation levels of data.

Statistics on packaging and packaging waste are in accordance with the Commission Decision 2005/270/EC.

According to European and national legislation.

European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not applicable.

Annually.

Not available.

Publications: Volumes of packaging placed on the market (tonnes), by material type, available only in Romanian on NEPA's website.

Not available.

Not available.

At request, information is available  at different levels of aggregation and keeping data confidentiality.

A short description of the methodology based on EUROSTAT guidelines is available in every paper and electronic publication. Legislation and questionnaires available on NEPA's website.

Not available.

According to work procedures, validation rules, expert judgement.

According to work procedures, validation rules, expert judgement:

The activity of the companies that are permitted for packaging waste treatment, as well as the accuracy of their reports, are controlled by the National Environmental Guard.

The information is processed in different ways, keeping data confidentiality, in order to provide information to all types of users.

Not available.

All types of packaging are included in the data collection.

According to the national legislation, all companies that place packaging on the market are obliged to report, however free riders exist, even if the number of reporting units increased in the last years. In case of composite packaging, there is possible that the quantity is not correctly allocated by material type. Regarding waste treatment, the main issues that could affect data accuracy are: wrong waste code assignation, no legal obligation to comply with the recycling standards, no studies and guidelines.                                        

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in previous questions.

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in other concepts.

Not applicable.

Errors could be indicated and corrected by waste management companies by cross-checks and time series checks.

There are deadlines established for each step of data collection, processing, validation and dissemination.

Data have to be submitted 18 months after the end of the reference period (T+18). Delays are due to technical issues related to application.

Not applicable.

Variations between two consecutive years are presented in the sub-concept 15.4.1.

Data reported by the same company for different reporting obligations is compared.

Internal coherence is ensured by Eurostat's validation rules implemented within the questionnaire.

Explanation detailing the causes of the tonnage difference (in relation to which waste streams, sectors or estimates have caused the difference, and what the underlying cause is) for any component of packaging waste generated and recycled which shows greater than a 10 % variation from the data submitted for the previous data year.

Not applicable.

A a general approach, no data revisions are made unless specific and significant reasons exist, e.g. new standards or requirements from Eurostat. 

No major revisions are planned.

Reporting obligations for companies regarding packaging placed on the market as well as packaging waste management are established by national legislation - Law no. 249/2015  on packaging and packaging waste management, with its subsequent changes, and Ministerial Order 794/2012 on the reporting procedure for packaging and packaging waste. According to the mentioned legal provisions, reporting obligations belong to:

• producers and importers of packaging intended to be filled at the point of sale, producers/importers of packed products, as well as those that overpack packed products, that act individually for their objectives achievement:

a) data regarding quantities of packaging intended to be filled at the point of sale manufactured / imported put on the national market;
b) data regarding quantities of packaging used for packing products put on the national market;
c) quantities of packaging waste collected, recycled, recovered.

• companies permitted for waste collection, recycling or recovery of packaging waste, packaging waste dealers and sanitation companies that collect packaging waste.local public administration report waste packaging quantities that are separate collected / sorted from municipal waste by the sanitation companies.
• The above mentioned companies report on an annual basis to the County Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs). EPAs perform primary data validation.
• companies that are authorised for taking over the responsibilities of annual recycling and recovery targets for packaging waste (PROs):

a) total packaging waste for which contracts have been signed and managed quantities of packaging waste;
b) packaging waste for which responsibility was taken over from each responsible producer.

The companies that are authorised for taking over the responsibilities report the above mentioned data on an annual basis, to NEPA.

NEPA performs final data validation and compilation of all received information and prepares the report to be sent to EUROSTAT.

The waste samples for waste analysis are taken from:

Annually.

Please see below.

Not applicable.

For components representing more than 5%, the amount of each material should be reported under the respective packaging material category. Components representing less than 5% are reported under the predominant material by weight.                                          

Additional information about the methodology, including the combination of methods used:

Companies permitted for packaging waste collection and treatment are obliged to report on an annual basis, according to the requirements from the national legislation. There is also a reporting obligation for PROs and self-compliers related to the packaging waste quantities collected and recovered - these data is used for validation of the data reported by waste management companies.                                            

There is no statistical survey. There is a legal obligation for all companies that place on the market packaging and packed goods and also for the companies that collect and treat packaging waste to report certain information on an annual basis.                                          

Not the case, we do not have relevant data and we do not report data on reusable packaging.

Calculation of recycling of metals from incinerator bottom ash : Detailed description of the method to collect data in order to calculate the amount of metals separated from incineration bottom ash in accordance with the Commission Implementing Act adopted in accordance with Article 37(7) of Directive 2008/98/EC.

Please see below.

The activity of the companies that are permitted for packaging waste treatment, as well as the accuracy of their reports, are controlled by the National Environmental Guard.                                          

Companies that perform transboundary shippment of waste within / outside EU are obliged to report the quantity, the country and the company. Validation is performed based on the content of the specific forms provided by Waste Shipment Regulation.                                          

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

Please see the sub-concept 18.1.

Primary sources and their shares in the total.

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered 

Primary sources and their shares in the total.

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered

Packaging waste generated estimated by waste analysis

The quantities placed on the market are sum up of reportes from PROs ans self-compliers without any other corrections.

Companies report recycled waste quantities, so data at "calculation point" are taken into account. Companies that treat waste report separatelly for each waste type / code.                                          

Reporting does not include quantities of compostable packaging (plastic or paper).

Companies that recycle packaging waste report on material type.                                    

Description of the sorted packaging waste to which ALRs are applied, types of sorting plants to which different ALRs apply, the methodological approach to calculating ALRs at such point(s), including the statistical accuracy of any surveys used, or the nature of any technical specifications.

Please see below.

Description, where applicable, of the methodology to exclude non-packaging waste from the reported amount of recycled packaging waste and of the methodology to correct the amount of packaging waste at the measurement point in order to reflect the natural humidity rate of packaging (including by using relevant European standards). Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

Description of the methodology to exclude waste originating from other countries, where applicable. Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

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